Chapter 88 - The Escape II

CELESTINA VILLARAMA'S POV

Even after all of those provocations that I gave Leo, I still have no concrete plan on how I can possibly take someone as strong as him down. However, despite the difference in our strengths, I still have the will to fight back because of the moral support that I'm getting from Siege. And besides, he's also in a bind because of Lucas.

I never imagined that these two would actually team up and yearn to defeat us, since all along, I seriously believed that Lucas wasn't on good terms with Leo. And it's now making me wonder if Ice was also on the same side as his alpha and beta, or if he had a different mindset than the two.

"When are you going to stop this farce? I'm getting exhausted from all of these; I just want to live a peaceful life; can't you at least grant me that?" I asked, which was followed by a loud sigh. "I don't deserve to experience all these, do I? I mean, I wasn't even born here; what right do you have to make me suffer like this?" I added to make them feel more pity with regards to me.

Leo scoffed, blocking my blow as he held both of my clenched fists. He spun me around for consecutive times, making me feel a bit dizzy because of his agility.

"You're the main reason why our world is befalling judgment day, and you're telling us that you just want to live a peaceful life?" Leo replied with a confused tone. "How rude," he added.

I gritted my teeth as I rotated my wrists to make him let go of my hands. I tried to shift the lower part of my body into my wolf form, but I guess Celeste has no plans to cooperate with me during these times.

"I'm not the one who wants your realm to be in a mess. It's the Moon Goddess' will, and whether I was sent here or not, the outcome of this world will still be the same," I mumbled, giving him a ferocious gaze to make him step back.

I thought that Leo would be the only one that I had to deal with since Siege was supposed to keep Lucas occupied, but I was mistaken as Lucas got to hold me captive within his arms. He made sure that his long nails were pointed at my neck to make me his hostage.

"I dare you to take one step forward, Siege. If you do, I won't think twice about piercing my nail in Celestina's veins," he threatened his rival. "I know every weakness of Celestina; Ice told me everything about her ever since the day he first arrived here. I know that she wouldn't die with a mere poison, silver, and wolfsbane."

The details that Lucas gave made me terrified. If his information came directly from Ice, then I'm at a disadvantage at this point.

I can't seem to read the expression on Siege's face. There's this feeling that he wants to make me escape on my own, but I'm also thinking that Leo will catch me before I can do so.

"Lucas is just buying time for Leo to heal. Decapitate him or whatever; do anything you can to survive this one, Celestina. Think of this as another training session for you," Siege mind-linked with me, and I only nodded my head in response.

I slightly tilted my head sideways to observe what Leo was doing, and I noticed that he was really trying to regenerate all the wounds he got from me. "I won't let you recover, Leo. You're going to pay for everything you've done to me and Ice," I coldly muttered with a stern gaze.

The beta glanced my way as I finally got to partially shift with Celeste. Half of my body was being controlled by Celeste, and I thought that she would also be taking over my mind, but she didn't.

I continuously kicked Leo until he managed to keep his distance from me. So I was left with no other choice but to do it to Lucas instead.

"Not so fast, Celestina," Lucas uttered at the same time that he grabbed my leg.

He twisted it so badly that I had my eyes wide open, groaning in so much pain. It felt like my entire body was being pulled apart from my lower limbs, and that was the worst type of pain that I got.

Even so, I still pretended like it didn't hurt me at all. I utilized my other leg to kick his balls, and that's when he was forced to back down and stick beside Leo.

I took this opportunity to get back to Siege's side, and he immediately placed his hand around my waist, glancing down my leg. I didn't even notice that one of my feet wasn't on the ground, as it was still twisted.

Siege took the initiative to retreat. He leaped backwards until we were far away from the two. "Heal yourself first, Celestina," he demanded as he carefully knelt on the ground to let me sit comfortably. "You've done well," he genuinely said, causing me to blush.

"You never praised me before, Siege. Is that the effect of finally realizing that I was seriously your mate?" I questioned him while I was trying to regenerate my leg.

It wasn't that easy because I had no power, like the instant recovery from the pack healers. I still had to endure all of the pain that I got from forcing it to return to its usual state.

I placed one of my hands on his forearm, and I didn't notice that I was already clenching too hard on him, which made him bite his lower lip, so I had to apologize to him, but he told me to keep going and that he didn't mind the pain as long as it would at least help me recover.

"Can you really deal with both Lucas and Leo?" I worriedly asked him, without letting him feel that I was doubting his strength. "I need to claim the pendant back from Leo. It might be one of the keys for me to get rid of Sarina's plan to destroy your realm," I added.

Siege held my hand, tenderly brushing his fingers on it. "Who do you take me for? I'm Siege Wong, the one and only alpha and living wolf in this realm who's the closest to being reigned as the king of all," he boasted. "Taking those two down isn't going to be easy, but it's not impossible."

The alpha assisted me in standing up as soon as he sensed that both Lucas and Leo were already on their way here.

I heaved out a loud sigh. "This is our last shot, Siege."

Siege embraced me from behind, placing his chin above my head. I could feel his rapid heartbeat and the way that his hands couldn't stay put as he kept on playing with his fingers.

"You don't have to do anything now, Celestina. Just stand there and watch me kill these two. No one will be able to lay their fingers on you other than me anymore," Siege said, brimming with confidence.